[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4864 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4864

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to penalize unlawful flight to 
             avoid prosecution into or from Indian country.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 19, 2018

 Mrs. Noem (for herself and Mr. Gowdy) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 
to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 18, United States Code, to penalize unlawful flight to 
             avoid prosecution into or from Indian country.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``No Haven for Dangerous Fugitives Act 
of 2018''.

SEC. 2. FLIGHT TO AVOID PROSECUTION OR GIVING TESTIMONY.

    Section 1073 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after ``Whoever moves or travels in interstate or foreign 
commerce'' the following: ``or is present within the special maritime 
and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, or enters or leaves 
Indian country (as such term is defined in section 1151),''.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that Federal, State, and local 
governments should respect Tribal sovereignty at all times, including 
by engaging in all reasonable efforts to reach extradition agreements 
with Indian Tribes.
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